Saturday, September 29, 2007

3900: Skyline Radio Germany (tent) @ 1820. But like last night, signal just about heard above the noise level. SINPO 24332.3910: Radio RWE v Weekend Music Radio @ 1735 with programme about Polish radio in the 1940s and 50s. In parallel with 6400. SINPO 33433.

3910: Weekend Music Radio @ 2035 with Andy Walker commemorating the 40th anniversary of the launch of BBC Radio 1 this weekend (the station set up by the BBC to try and replace the offshore stations closed down by the Government a few weeks earlier). SINPO 44444.

3920: Unid station playing dance music @ 2020. Strong signal but also strong heterodyne from another signal on same frequency making it difficult to listen to. SINPO 42432.

3929: West Coast Radio in QSO with Radio Jimmy in Dutch @ 1857. SINPO 34433.

3930: Radio Jimmy @ 1855 QSOing with WCR. SINPO 34433.

3935: Radio Boomerang playing song by the Stranglers @ 2005. Strong signal. SINPO 44444.3940: Radio Underground back on the air tonight after absence of nearly two months. Heard @ 1815 with Steve talking about free radio. SINPO 34333.6220: Mystery Radio @ 1340 with ID, playing pop music. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio @ 1830, playing a song by the Stereophonics, followed by woman in German and jingle ID. Signal very strong now. SINPO 54444.6255: KBC via Lithuania heard @ 2250 reading listeners' reports. Like yesterday, fair bit of fading on the signal. SINPO 44433.

6291: Radio Lowland heard @ 1840 playing oldies. Good signal here but some fading. Announced phone number and email address for contact. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6310: Unid station playing dance music @ 1740. Signal seemed too strong for Condor, could be Atlantis? SINPO 44444.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

3928: Radio Whitesnake with Cupid Radio heard @ 1855 playing rock music. Fair to good signal. SINPO 34433. Tuned in again @ 2055, to hear them thanking listeners and closing down. Signal up to S9. SINPO 44433.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

As per usual on a Sunday, strange conditions. Some stations coming in very well - others not heard at all.

3910: Weekend Music Radio still audible on 75m @ 0835, with a Quicksilver Messenger song from the 70s. SINPO 34433.

3945: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 2125 playing oldies, but suffering splash from Radio Korea via the Skelton, UK, relay on 3955 (S9+40dB), but KBS signed off at 2130 leaving WMR in the clear. SINPO for WMR 43433 before 2130, 44433 after 2130.

5720: Orion Radio with one his best Sunday morning signals for a long time. Heard @ 0735 playing Bob Dylan, signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6045: Radio Gloria via Juelich signing on @ 1200 in German and English, giving out mailing address before playing song by the group Runrig. SINPO 55544.

6216: King Shortwave @ 0910 playing oldies, fair peak before disappearing into the noise. SINPO 34333.

6242: Britain Radio Int coming in well today @ 0845 with Roger Davis talking about and playing audio from Red Sands Radio. SINPO 44433.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

3910: Weekend Music Radio with Andy Walker playing a Rolling Stones track @ 1745. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.3925: Bogusman back with a good signal, talking @ 2015 about cats, playing alternative music and bird noises. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Alice playing polka and schlager @ 1555. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.6400: Weekend Music Radio with a very good signal @ 1740 with Andy Walker playing music from the early 70s. SINPO 54444.

9290: Radio Six International via Latvia with its Saturday Sounds programme, broadcasting this week from a ship, moored at Harwich, on the east coast. Heard @ 0755 with a SINPO of 45444.

9290: Radio City via Latvia signed on @ 0800, playing 60s music. Signal still good. SINPO 45444.

(Ed Insinger, Free Radio Weekly via DX Listening Digest)**This Wiki is mainly concerned with North American pirates, although there are a few European SW pirates listed like Alfa Lima and Mystery Radio. Meanwhile the Free Radio Wiki set up by Jonny of SRS is suspended at the moment due to spam.**

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

On Saturday, 22 September Scotland’s only international radio service, Radio Six International, will attempt its most complicated – and riskiest outside broadcast.

The LV18 is a former lightship which – under the care of the Pharos Trust – was first used for radio, with an added radio mast to support the mediumwave transmitting aerial, in 1999 and since then has played host to a variety of UK-licensed re-creations of former pirate stations, including Radio Northsea International, Radio Caroline, and Radio Mi Amigo, as well as recent broadcasts from Pirate BBC Essex.

Radio Six International will broadcast its weekly Saturday Sounds programme live from the ship on Saturday, with special features including an interview with Tony O’Neill from the Pharos trust, and an episode of The Barnacles, a comedy feature first created when the ship was being used for RNI.

The programme [0700-0800 UTC] will be broadcast live on 9290 kHz shortwave to Europe, the Near and Far East and Pacific regions, 945 kHz mediumwave to the Baltic states, 88.5 MHz FM Stereo for Tawa and Redwood in New Zealand, 100.5 MHz Digital in Riga, Latvia, and around the world online at http://www.radiosix.com/.

(Source: Tony Currie, Radio Six International via Radio Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Saturday, September 15, 2007

3910: Weekend Music Radio playing UFO "Doctor Doctor" @ 1720, some splash from the BBCWS on 3915. SINPO 33433.

3927: Radio Atlantis Int @ 2105 with jingle ID, followed by the song "Spirit in the Sky." Good clear signal. SINPO 44444.6220: Laser Hot Hits heard back on its old frequency @ 0800 playing 60s music with a SINPO 34433. By 0900, signal coming in very well, peaking at S9 - SINPO 44433.Update at 2010, very good signal S9+10dB - SINPO 54444. Best signal for a very long time!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

3927: Radio Gloria @ 1915 in German, playing oldies. I wonder if the station knows about these broadcasts of its programmes or whether someone is rebroadcasting it, like the WMR hoaxer does with WMR programmes? Whoever it is - good signal. SINPO 44333.

6925u Random Radio. 0242-0248*. 8 Sep 07. English. First log of this station. OM with mentions that this was a repeat bx. Recording of President Lyndon Johnson’s speech on not seeking a second full term. Theme from“Bonanza,” and Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” Anncr mentioned that he would QSL via the FRN.net. ID and off at 0248. Good.

6325: Heineken Radio with Mr Spock, after the sign off of Orion Radio. Heard @ 0910 playing rock music. SINPO 44433. Click here for recording

6325: Unid station with a weak signal @ 1915. Heard a snatch of country music but utilities making it difficult to hear clearly. SINPO 23332.6400: Weekend Music Radio with guest DJ Andy Walker playing oldies @ 0830. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3927: Unid station playing schlager @ 2250. No ID heard as yet. SINPO 34333.6220: Mystery Radio with a good signal @ 2130, playing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." SINPO 44433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania heard @ 2240 playing schlager. SINPO 55555.6268: Radio Oscar Zoulu (ROZ) playing oldies @ 1840. Fair-good signal with some utility splash. He said he isn't using the email address at the moment and doesn't have a mailing address. SINPO 33433. Click here for recording

Friday, September 07, 2007

3919: Radio Atlantis Int @ 2140 playing dance music with ID jingles. Good signal. SINPO 44433. 3927: Radio Fox 48 heard @ 2040 playing rock music. Good signal tonight - I don't know if he's using more power or there is good skip from Norway - around S8. SINPO 34433.

Monday, September 03, 2007

3910: Celtic Music Radio playing Scottish folk music @ 1810. This is a legal FM station broadcasting to the Glasgow area. It is probably being relayed by unknown station (possibly WMR). Fair signal, although still quite early for 75m. SINPO 34433. By 1830, SINPO up to 44433.

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Another Sunday, and again poor conditions. A few stations have managed to make it through the noise and fading.

3925: West Coast Radio playing rock music @ 2220, before signing off. SINPO 34333.

5720: Orion Radio playing schlager @ 0805. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 0810. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing "Let's Do The Twist" @ 0905. Again fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6275: Magic AM back on the air after a long absence. Heard @ 0815 giving out the station hotline, playing oldies. One of best signals this morning. Fair-good. Announced new email address of magic.am @ orange.nl SINPO 34433. Signal improved by 0925 to 44433.